On March 20th, 2023, the University of Cape Town hosted members of internationally recognized anti-Israel terror groups. Islamic Jihad representative in Iran Nasser Abu Sharif and Hamas in Iran representative, Dr. Khaled Al-Qaddumi spoke at an event led by the campus’ Palestinian Solidarity Forum. More on the obscene and...
Misunderstanding the Word ‘Apartheid’
Photo: US Embassy Jerusalem/Flickr Africans for Peace is an organization made up of student activists, many South African, who have experienced apartheid and adversity in their own countries and strive to make a difference in others. Their goal is to provide “an African lens to the global debate on peace...
South Africa and Palestine – When a Narrative Falls Apart
The event “Parallels: South African Apartheid and Occupied Palestine” open to the public at Hunter College this past November and hosted by the Palestinian Solidarity Alliance (PSA) was a failed attempt to connect the struggles between present-day Palestinians and Black South African residents in the 1960s. By bringing in Bonita...
Has Israel replaced South Africa as an Apartheid state?
George Mason University‘s Emet for Israel group, Israel Student Association (ISA), recently hosted an event focussed on answering allegations surrounding whether or not Israel has replaced South Africa as an Apartheid state. The intention was to get to the root of this bothersome question and to tackle it head on through education....
A Response to “Peace, Not Apartheid Week”
This week, Boston College Students for Justice in Palestine will host its annual “Israel Apartheid Week,” a four-day event that will highlight what it views as injustices committed by the State of Israel against the Palestinian people, injustices they consider akin to the systematic oppression of non-white South Africans from...
The Unbecoming Appropriation of “Apartheid”
This piece was written by the president of the CCAP (CAMERA Supported) group Claremont Students for Israel, Elliott Hamilton. The full version of this piece is available on The Times of Israel, and the link is below. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), an organization that consistently preaches anti-Semitism on...
Letter to the Editor: Why the ASA Boycott is Wrong
The following piece is by CAMERA Fellow Lauren Barney. Lauren Barney is a Chinese and Political Science double major and junior at the University of Pittsburgh. Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article “Boycott Sparks Debate on Role of Academic Group” published Jan. 13, 2014. As a student at Pitt who has visited the Middle East...
Former South African MP: Israel is Not an Apartheid State
Former South African Parliament Member and victim of apartheid, Dr. Kenneth Meshoe, explains in the short video clip below why Israel is not an Apartheid State. Dr. Meshoe discusses why stating that apartheid occurs in Israel is inaccurate, betraying the memory of real apartheid and minimizing the suffering of those who had to...